Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 3rd Edition

Appendix A. Color Names and RGB Values

Netscape was the first to deploy a library of color names (originally adopted from the X Window System palette known as X11 color names) that could be used as attribute and scripted object property color values in place of hexadecimal triplet values. Virtually all modern browsers support the use of these values, and CSS Level 3 puts the list into a published standard. Color names in both tag attributes, scripts, and CSS properties are case-insensitive. Typically, if you set a color attribute or property to one of the named colors, the object property is reflected in scripts as the hexadecimal triplet value for that color. For additional convenience, the following table also shows the decimal equivalents of the RGB value in case you use these color values in style sheet rules. Be aware that some colors in this collection require 16- or 24-bit color to achieve the proper hue.

A small subset of these colors—16 to be exact—appear within the HTML 4 specification. Those colors are shown in the table followed by an asterisk (*).

Color name	Red	Green	Blue	Red	Green	Blue
aliceblue	F0	F8	FF	240	248	255
antiquewhite	FA	EB	D7	250	235	215
aqua*	00	FF	FF	0	255	255
aquamarine	7F	FF	D4	127	255	212
azure	F0	FF	FF	240	255	255
beige	F5	F5	DC	245	245	220
bisque	FF	E4	C4	255	228	196
black*	00	00	00